What makes an exceptional photo?
Great Timing and an Eye for the Extraordinary!
The magic ingredients a photographer needs to go beyond the right equipment and knowing how to use it.
From the explosive energy of dance, to the drama and laughter of theater, to the spine-tingling emotional directness of music, the performing arts are among the most positive and compelling of human endeavors. My goal is to capture the essence of a performance and the moments that define performers and their art.
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Putting Some Shine Back on a Tarnished Word
This gallery contains 7 photos.
How did we get to the point where the word immigrant is a pejorative being hurled about by so many American citizens, people who themselves are immigrants or descended from immigrants? Well, it’s a classic tactic used to accrue and maintain power: blaming all the woes of a country on…
Having a Ball!
This gallery contains 14 photos.
Ballare, baile, balletto, tanzen. No matter the language, it’s all dancing. What has become known as ballroom dancing evolved from upper class gaillardes and waltzes into something more egalitarian, to the point that now it’s for anyone with enough discipline, dedication, gumption and a big smile (unless it’s Tango) to…
Sound Sightings
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Some images from three recent concerts by Santa Barbara favorites, part of CAMA Santa Barbara’s 100th Anniversary Season, by American pianists extraordinaire Garrick Ohlsson (solo at the Lobero) and Olga Kern (with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, under the baton of Thomas Sondergard, at the Granada), and violinist Augustin Hadelich…
Shine A Light
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Young Jewish American writer Jonathan sets off to Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. He hires an America obsessed young Ukrainian with a wonderfully warped take on the English language, his “blind” grandfather (who drives) and their flatulent dog Sammy Davis, Jr. Jr. They…
